Inspired by our episode on African Female Kings (Nzinga & Amanirenas)- This week, three women lose their husbands and proceeded to change the course of history because they had to avenge them! One responded by erasing a tribe from the earths surface, another took on the King of France and won, and another took on the Roman Empire. But then who becomes a saint? Who loves torture devices? which two badass Ukrainian woman demonstrate the Ukrainian fighting spirit? And who makes Danaerys antics on Game of thrones look like child’s play.

Meet: Olga, Patron Saint of Widows,; Boudica, the first warrior queen of England; Jeanne de Clisson, also known as Jeanne de Belleville and the Lioness of Brittany; Mariya Oktyabrskaya aka Tank Girl